HWM’s version of Midnight Oil’s “Dreamworld” caught me off guard as I do not think I have ever heard of a punk rock band cover the '80s Austrailan rock band before (I could be mistaken though…). It was fun to listen to, though.
Listening to HWM’s take on Turbonegro’s “Prince of the Rodeo” was interesting to say the least. I was not expecting to hear a cover of the Scandinavian rockers but for what it was worth, I enjoyed it.
Three of the four tracks from the now out of print 199 release Moonpies For Misfits EP appeared on Till The Wheels Fall Off. “Moonpies For Misfits” was a track I had not had the pleasure to hearing before but heard good things about. It was a nice slower track with a bass line that instantly got stuck in my head. Not too sure why “Where We Belong” was left off from the other tracks but I am sure they had their reasoning.
The cover of a cover by the Circle Jerks doing “Wild In The Streets” was fun but nothing near as amazing as HWM covering the Clash’s “The Clampdown” as it was the best track on this album. They hit it dead on without missing a beat.
Taken from the 2004 comp No Idea 100: Redefining Music was the cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “No Surrender.” This song was all about fun and I think if anything HWM improved the song by jam-packing it with their punk rock touch.
Till the Wheels Fall Off is really a great assortment of tracks for fans of HWM. It was interesting to hear HWM’s renditions of tracks by other punk rock bands and artists as well as hear songs that were thrown on various CD compilations over the years. It would have been nice to have a CD full of new material by HWM rather then a bunch of songs thrown together but I’ll take this release over nothing. Perhaps this is just a small clue that the band is back again. I think it would be a clever move on their behalf seeing as the band is far too talented just to give it all up.
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1 - doubleagame
nice!